Plain Talk With Rob Port

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Plain Talk is a podcast hosted by blogger and columnist Rob Port focusing on political news and current events in North Dakota. Host Rob Port writes SayAnythingBlog.com, North Dakota’s most popular and influential political blog, and is a columnist for the Forum News Service published in papers including the Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald, Jamestown Sun, Minot Daily News, and the Dickinson Press.

Plain Talk is a podcast hosted by blogger and columnist Rob Port focusing on political news and current events in North Dakota. Host Rob Port writes SayAnythingBlog.com, North Dakota’s most popular and influential political blog, and is a columnist for the Forum News Service published in papers including the Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald, Jamestown Sun, Minot Daily News, and the Dickinson Press.

Plain Talk is a podcast hosted by blogger and columnist Rob Port focusing on political news and current events in North Dakota. Host Rob Port writes SayAnythingBlog.com, North Dakota’s most popular and influential political blog, and is a columnist for the Forum News Service published in papers including the Fargo Forum, Grand Forks Herald, Jamestown Sun, Minot Daily News, and the Dickinson Press.

Episodes

On this episode of Plain Talk, Rob responds to a union boss upset over his criticism of cops using their uniforms for politics.
Also, David Owen from Legalize ND talks about what his group's new recreational ballot measure might look like and competition from a rival constitutional measure.
This show brought to you by Americans for Prosperity of North Dakota and EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

Congressman Kelly Armstrong is on for his weekly segment, and says Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is just trying to keep Donald Trump from winning.
Also, a loophole will let lobbyists sit on an ethics commission created by an anti-lobbyist initiated measure campaign.
Sponsors for this episode:
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Is it appropriate for cops to use their uniforms to influence politics?
Also a Mandan bar owner talks about his legal fight with city government over a mural he painted on the side of his building. Turns out that business owners can't just do art without the government's permission.
This episode's sponsors:
http://afpnd.org
http://EnergyofNorthDakota.com

State Rep. Marvin Nelson, a Democrat from Rolla, is asking a judge to award himself and his fellow plaintiffs $150,000 each for suing the State of North Dakota to deny mineral rights owners retroactive royalty payments.
His attorneys also want $62 million in attorneys fees.
Also, Dawson Schefter from the NDGOP responds to criticism that the Republican majority might not be responsive enough to the public.
This episode bought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com and AFPND.org.

Democratic state Rep. Matt Eidson talks about how he's going to pull off being a straight news reporter and a partisan elected official.
Also, U.S. Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions, including his questioning in committee hearings about the subpoena of Attorney General William Barr and the on-going trade war with China.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

Have we made a mistake tying our national economy so closely to China's?
Also, state Auditor Josh Gallion talks about a meeting he had with Legislative leaders.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk, a credit card company CEO pushes back against the idea that the financial sector should be pressured into regulating political and social activity.
Also, Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk, a state lawmaker has finally confessed the true motivation behind gutting the authority of North Dakota's Auditor.
Also, Senator Kevin Cramer answers listener questions.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk Dave Diebel, a producer who lives in Bismarck who is also a board member for the North Dakota Film and Media Association, talks about what he says is a need for production incentives in the state. Something to entice more commercials, TV shows, and movies to be filmed here.
Also, how is it the signature of a DOT director was still be used to certify records even when he was on leave?
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode Dustin Gawrylow talks about an initiated measure campaign he's chairing which would prohibit the Legislature from initiating a vote of the people on amending the portion of the constitution dealing with initiated measures.
Yeah, it's a little confusing.
This episode brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

Audio from the Jay Thomas Show, talking about the removal of power from the state auditor's office, student loan debt, and the romance novels of North Dakota's former director of the drivers license division.

We live in an era where the 1st amendment doesn't really apply to the venues in which most of our speech takes place. As more and more people push hard to ban controversial speech online, which should we fear more? Hate speech? Or the push to silence it?
Also, state Auditor Josh Gallion responds to the Legislature putting limits on his office.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk, Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions and talks about the fight over the Mueller report in Congress. "They're not interested in the truth," he says of his Democratic colleagues. "They're interested in the fight."
Also, Governor Doug Burgum declines to veto a bill gutting the powers of the state auditor.
This episode brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

Senator Kevin Cramer takes listener questions on this episode of Plain Talk, and also answers Rob's question about whether or not President Donald Trump's proposed Space Force could protect us from an asteroid.
Also, why is a construction company in Dickinson printing campaign signs for the local school district? The answer reveals something which ought to be of statewide concern.
This episode is bought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk, Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions about the REINS Act, the national debt, illegal immigration, and bipartisanship.
Also, state lawmakers included language in the budget for the state Auditor's Office which essentially guts that office's powers.
This episode of Plain Talk is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

On this episode of Plain Talk, state Rep. Shannon Roers Jones talks about how her efforts to decriminalize marijuana got turned into legislation which actually increases penalties.
Also, a recent debate over fixing a chemistry lab at North Dakota State University revealed some ugly priorities in higher education.
This episode is brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.

State Auditor Josh Gallion pushes back on suggestions from North Dakota State College of Science President John Richman that a recent audit contained information that wasn't true.
Also, it's time for parking meters in North Dakota.
This episode brought to you by EnergyofNorthDakota.com.